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Lakes tend to get along well with water, but Radnor Lake suffered great damage in this year’s flood. On Friday, July 30, Kent Blazy and The For Peace Band play a benefit for Radnor at Douglas Corner Cafe, with ticket proceeds going to aid the lake’s recovery.

Longtime Nashville songscribe Blazy is pleased to play the benefit, as it’ll help him repay Radnor for some lucrative inspiration. Blazy said the idea for Danny Gokey’s hit single “My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me” came will strolling at Radnor.

“I was going to be writing with Marv Green for the first time in a long time, and I was looking for a great idea to run by him,” Blazy said. “I went to Radnor to walk my dog. When I got to the top of the hill by the lake, a couple was walking past me in deep discussion. The guy said, ‘My best days are ahead of me.’ I said a silent prayer of thanks, went home and started working on it. Marv came and liked the idea, and we wrote it.”

Tickets for the 6 p.m. show are $15, and Douglas Corner is located at 2106 8th Ave. S.

“It was the first song I recorded after completing the Chet project," Wariner said in a release. "I just love what it says about how we’re all responsible for this planet and what we’re leaving to our children. It’s also a really positive message about how each of us can make this world better in our own way.”

If you haven't already picked up tickets for the sold-out show, you'll still be able to listen to it live on Nashville's NPR station WPLN 90.3 FM at 5 p.m. this Saturday.

His 27-year-old wife Sophia had just died unexpectedly during an operation to correct a congenital heart problem. It was July 9, 2008, and Gokey, a Wisconsin truck driver and music minister, was crushed with depression and groping for answers.

About 600 miles away in Nashville, hit songwriter Kent Blazy was mentally preparing himself to say goodbye to his wife of 28 years. Sharon Blazy had spent six years suffering from recurring brain tumors. Until that point, she had always had them removed.

“She said, ‘I’m not going to do this again. I’m going to let it be what it will be,’ ” Blazy said through tears. “So we rode it out for two years.”

Sharon died Jan. 19, 2009.

For both men, what came next is an intertwining story of finding hope.

Danny Gokey’s journey started five days before Sharon Blazy died. He made his televised debut on American Idol on Jan. 14, 2009. He finished third.

Blazy — who did not watch American Idol last year — was grieving for his wife, sick over what he knew was about to happen. So when he got word months later that Danny Gokey was going to record his song “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me,” the name meant nothing special.

Today, Blazy’s journey toward healing has a lot to do with a guy he just met. “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me” is the lead single from Danny Gokey’s debut country album, My Best Days, which hit stores on Tuesday, March 2.